Cuban President Raul Castro paid tribute on Sunday to the Martyrs of the Algerian Revolution at the monument in their honor in Algiers.»

Cuban President Raul Castro arrived in the capital of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on Sunday to pay an official visit. The delegation accompanying the Cuban president is made up of Council of Ministers Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla.  The other members of the delegation are Army Corps General Leopoldo Cintra Frias, minister »

Japanese Government is willing to boost economic cooperation of great importance with Cuba, said today in this city minister of Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida.»

Some 2,000 delegates from unions across the continent participated in the International Meeting on Solidarity with Cuba, organized in Havana as part of the activities for the International Labor Day.»

Cuba has now 389 athletes who are classified in 30 sports for the next Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, between July 10 and 26, said official sources Thursday.»

Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida will visit Cuba from today to May 3, the embassy of that Asian nation in Havana informed.»

Two casualties and material damage yet to quantify is the balance of heavy rains in the capital, according to Granma newspaper.»

Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, welcomed here today the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Barcena.»

Cuba stated today that it is fundamental to preserve and protect the natural and cultural heritage, an essential premise for socio-economic development and reaffirmation of a people’s identity.»

Although the deaths after last Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal currently total 4,300, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala said that up to 10,000 deaths might be reported.»